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Patented June 5, 19x28.

` v'UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SEWARD E. SWICK, OF DETROIT, VIVIIICHIGAN, ASS'IGNOR TO INTERNATIONAL TIME RECORDING COMPANY OF NEW YORK, OF ENDICOTT, NEW YORK,-A .CORPORATION 1 v oF NEW YORK.

' d TIME RECORDER.

Application ledDecember 31,y 1924.` ySerial No. 758,970.

This inventionlpertainsto time recorders ofthe kind used by employers to record the comings and goings of their employees.

It has to do preferably but not necessarily withthat type of recording clock provided with a card receptacle into which cachemployee insertshis own particular card and then by operatinga lever causes the clock mechanisinto imprint the time of day ron the card. On the time recorder I have in mind vall time figures are kprinted ontlie record in blue until a certain predetermined hour and minute at which time the recorder under control of ,the clock automatically shifts the printing ribbon which is provided with rstrips of two colors, so that the print- `ingvvvill be in red instead of blue en all records kmadeafter the predetermined time mentioned above. a

In addition to the above provision it is the rule in some establishments that alate arriVa-l befnot permitted to registerat alluntil a foreman or supervisor has been called to ...interview him, and my presentvinvention providesmeansto rinsure that this-rule be lcarried out by making itimpossible to operate the recording mechanism of the clock until the foreman is present at the` clock.

VIn every clock therecording mechanism is enclosed in'a cover "or case'held inposition by a lock to which only foremen have keys and my linvention contemplates the inter-d' locking of the recording'mechanism of the manner that when, at the predetermined time, the ribbon shifts from blue to red, the recording mechanism will `be rendered inoperative, to be made operative 'again only when and while the foremans key is inserted in the above mentioned oase lock and turned.

In the drawings, v

Fig. 1 is a cross section of the clock case showing portions of the ribbon shift mechanism, recording mechanism and the case lock.

Fig. 2 is a front view of my locking mechanism on line 2-2 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a side view on line 33 of the parts shown in Fig. 2.

10 designates the cover or case enclosing the mechanism. This case is secured to base board 11 by hook 12 interlocking with Iriece 13 which is fastened to base board 11. ook

Position ,of the printing ribbon conktrolled by mechanism fully described in the copending'application of C. E. Larrabee,

Serial No. 3,574, filed January 20, 1925.

Suliice to say here that it comprises.l in part, clock-actuated star wheel 21 controlling bell lcrank 22 which is'pivoted atv23 and carries pins 24 aiid'25 engaging said star wheel, also carrying pin 26 engaging vertical slotted member 27;y lever 28 pivoted at 29; link 30;

arm 31 pivoted at 32; and arm 33 also pivoted at 32 and supporting a vertical framework 34rwhich controls the ribbon. Whenever handle 17 is depressed, during the first part ofthe travel the downwardly projecting armr35rmoveslink 36V to the rightl 'and this link in turn moves to the right downwardly projecting arm 37 of bell crank 38 pivoted at 39 and supporting at pivot 40 the above mentioned slotted vertical member clock with the ribbon shift devicesV insuch A' 27 which'is'therefore moved vertically every time handle 17 is actuated. Although member 27 moves in a substantially vertical path, that path varies in detail according to position of pin 26, position of which in turn is determined by position of bell crank 22. In the position shown, shoulder 37 on member 27 will on every up stroke engage the left hand end of lever 28 which will be rotated clockwise and through the mechanism al- I ready described will raise the ribbon so the printing. which occurs at the end of the stroke of handle 17` will take place through the lower half of the ribbon. If pin 26 is in its other position due to bell crank 22 having been shifted to the right by star wheel 21, then member 27 will be inclined to the right sufficiently so that shoulder 37 will clear lever 28 while shouldei 41 will engage the right hand end of 28, resulting in arms 31 and 33 being held down and printing will a cam plate 51 having an arm '52 extending .t0 the left and from arm `52 ra downwardly extending projection' .53 to .the 'bent lower end Qf which is .seeure fa 'Spring .5;4 'by .which .1t-he .upper edge .of .anni 5 2jis ,norma-lily held resiliently in iContact with 4the front-end 'lhasa high arcuate lsectiorl L55 andalower y ,arcnateseetion 56. AAdditional support ,and

guida-meier @am 'plate .5.1 is `provided by I stud .15.7 secured t0 fixedbraeket 1.58 and epassjing .through Slot .5.9 in .plat-.e f5.1.. During ,herhaal .Qperaten, While lprin-.ting with the blue ribbon, arm is down, arm 52 islield down* thereby and @am L.plate 51 .isin Athe .pQSitiQn .indicated .by full lines .in IE-g. .2 with .the 'l0-W pont-ion .Q'f .its .upper .edge direetly riillderll.,ea-th manual lever I7., perm-.it-

.ting manual lever .1.7 ,to he operated in an Qrdnarypmannerv -'When'ever the recorder is .printing red,

beweren, .arm 45 is lnvraisei position .and

'by ,meansospring A15.4 has carried .with .it arm 5.2 .so that Gain .plate 5l new ,occupies .the pstonindieated by dotted hires (in Eig. ,.2 .with the high yportion .of .its ripper ysurface directly `imdferneatli 'handle 17 .so that 17 vcan .be .depressed onlyenoilgh .to `operate `the iribbon shift,fbl 1t,n,o,t enoligh .to .enthalte fthe .printing :denise `,so .the recorder is inoperative! .Ifnw Ikey .1.5 he insermd .and 'hoekV YVilhenfthe key :is :turned :in eneverse fidireic-v tion arm 52 will again rise,.cam.-plate.5 will move yto its dotted position and the recording mechanism will .again be in non-operav tive condition land Will remain so until the Vkey Yis again turned or until the normal .Qperation of the ribbon shift device again places the recording mechanism inoperative rendition..

1. Yln a time recorder, in combination-With @afhanlle for leffecting recording operations, multi-rolor ribbon Controlling mechanism, Vmeans Ciperat-ive upon the shifting of said ,ribbon mechanism for looking .said "printing handle .against operation, and supplementary Ameans for 'unlocking said :handle When .so.10.cked. 'p f2. Ina Atime recorder, in combination .with an operating handle lfor effecting recording operations,means under the .control of `the c'loek mechanism for automaticaliyflocking .said handle, and sii'p'plementary key operated means for temporarily unlocking said handle to permit themakingjof alate registration. 3,. .In a time reoorder,.in combination with a handle for effecting recording operations, ,means for loeking said handleV against operation .to prevent the making of .a 'late registration,` and a keyoperated means; having provisions for releasing said'lookingmeans 4Whenghe'ld in shifted position. A j

In 'testmonyrwhereof "I hereto aiii-X` my signature. Y

1 SEWARD1E-'SWZICK.. 

